8.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-16262
Samsung Galaxy Gear Package Manager D-Bus Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

The pkgmgr system service in Tizen allows an unprivileged process to perform package management actions, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. Such actions include installing, decrypting, and killing other packages. This affects Tizen before 5.0 M1, and Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 22, 2020, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:53 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-16262 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux tizen

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-16262 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://review.tizen.org/git/?p=platform/core/appfw/pkgmgr-server.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=aac8a95859828a058d8e06893982b11ebc81dd78 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://review.tizen.org/git/?p=platform/core/appfw/pkgmgr-server.git;a=commit;h=aac8a95859828a058d8e06893982b11ebc81dd78
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 03, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdf No Types Assigned https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdf Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://review.tizen.org/git/?p=platform/core/appfw/pkgmgr-server.git;a=commit;h=aac8a95859828a058d8e06893982b11ebc81dd78 No Types Assigned https://review.tizen.org/git/?p=platform/core/appfw/pkgmgr-server.git;a=commit;h=aac8a95859828a058d8e06893982b11ebc81dd78 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be No Types Assigned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:1.0:m1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:3.0:m2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:3.0:m3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:4.0:m1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:4.0:m2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:4.0:m3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:tizen:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_gear:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.11 }} 0.00%

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0.42482

percentile

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